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Granada's Alhambra

Granada's Alhambra is situated in Granada, Andaluca

Location

Architecture

Islamic architecture

Architectural elements Islamic architecture were used

poor buildings materials.These material were covered with abundant decoration.Were used geometrical and plant motifs.

Islamic buildings were supported by columns,pillars and horseshoe arches, or arches with decorative plasterwork.

They usually had flat,wooden roofs and some domes.

Brief history of Granada's Alhambra

Fortress-palace Nasrid kings of Granada built on the hill of Al-Sabika, Assabica or Sabica, 790 m altitude, near the Mauror (750 m), overlooking the city of Granada (Spain) Here took up residence first Nasrid kings whose strength was called "al-Hamra" or the Red, the ferruginous color of its bricks made from clay hill.Later, from the first third of the XIV century, the kings of Granada Yusub I, 1334-1354 and Mohamed V, 1354-1391 built a walled fortress and palace covering an area of over.

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